A small summer centrepiece
with WILLOW CROSSLEY
Lesson 23 of 43
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From years of experience Willow breaks down how chicken wire allows you to use containers that you might not usually consider, and shows you how to arrange a simple summer centrepiece using clematis, sweet peas and euphorbia. The notes list other options for this arrangement should you be doing it at another time of year.
From the Lesson Workbook
A Small Summer Centrepiece
For This Summer Arrangement I Used:
- Clematis Montana
- Sweet peas
- Artemisia
- Euphorbia
- Wild currant
- Rose buds
If It's Spring You Could Use:
- Snakes head fritillaries
- White muscari
- Paperwhites
- Variegated pittosporum
- White hyacinths
- Small spring branches, like pussy willow
If It's Autumn You Could Use:
- Old man's beard
- Chocolate cosmos
- Pale blue delphinium
- Orange ranunculus
- Winter bells hellebores
- Pale dahlias
If It's Winter You Could Use:
- White tulips
- White mistral anemones with black middles
- White anemones with white middles
- White stocks
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Willow Crossley
World-renowned florist, author and designer, known as the UK’s ‘Queen of Flowers’.
Willow Crossley is a professional floral stylist, creating wild and whimsical arrangements full of colour, pattern and movement for an array of top British brands (Jo Malone, OKA). She is the author of four books and is regularly featured in House & Garden and many other publications. Willow is passionate about the profound impact nature can have on how we feel, and has gained a substantial following for her down-to-earth and inclusive approach to floristry and gardening. Willow firmly advocates a sustainable approach to floristry, working with the seasons and sourcing locally grown stems wherever possible.
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